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Nebraska Court Outlaws Electric Chair

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

The Nebraska Supreme Court this morning issued a strongly worded ruling striking down the use of that state?s electric chair. Because Nebraska has no back-up means of execution, this means Nebraska has no effective death penalty statute. This court ruling comes the day after a bill abolishing the death penalty cleared Judiciary Committee on a strong 6-1 vote.Congratulations to Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty, to the Nebraska ACLU and to all involved in this tremendous victory. Below you will find a link to the ruling and a press release from Nebraska ACLU. We will keep you further informed as events warrant.Read the court decision here.

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on February 08, 2008 (boomark / email).